SCO will focus on how to meet global, regional challenges

The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit beginning on Thursday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, will further propel the development of the regional organization, as the member states are expected to focus on five important issues, in order to meet the challenges created by turbulent global and regional situations.

First, after admitting India and Pakistan as full members in 2017, the SCO has been making increasing efforts to expand multilateral cooperation in a bid to solve global and regional problems. Notably, international and regional structures are undergoing profound changes, not least because of the unilateral and protectionist moves of the United States and some other economies. In fact, the US' reckless actions to maintain its hegemony have harmed not only the global economy but also international relations.

To counter such threats, the SCO members have to maintain high-level communication and therefore should reiterate their support for multilateralism at the Bishkek summit while making efforts to safeguard the multilateral trade system and improve the world order.